Unit 3 Set 1 Vocab. Quiz

Definition: rounded or cube-shaped bones

• flat bone

• short bone

• irregular bone

• long bone

Definition: End of a long bone

• periosteum

• epiphyseal line

• compact bone

• epiphysis

Definition: bones of the skull, rib cage, sacrum, coccyx, and vertebral column

• appendicular skeleton

• compact bone

• epiphyseal plate

• axial skeleton

Definition: bones that are longer than they are wide

• irregular bone

• long bone

• flat bone

• short bone

Definition: cartilaginous area at the ends of long bones where lengthwise growth takes place in the immature skeleton

• spongy bone

• epiphyseal plate

• periosteum

• flat bone

Definition: remnant of the epiphyseal plate, seen in adult bones

• epiphyseal line

• periosteum

• spongy bone

• flat bone

Definition: bone

• short bone

• appendicular skeleton

• oss- , osteo-

• periosteum

Definition: Layer of bone tissue having many small spaces and found just inside the layer of compact bone.

• irregular bone

• epiphyseal plate

• compact bone

• spongy bone

Definition: bones with complicated shapes (e.g., vertebrae and hip bones)

• short bone

• long bone

• flat bone

• irregular bone

Thick, blood-like material found in flat bones and the ends of long bones; location of blood cell formation.

• spongy bone

• hematopoiesis

• red marrow

• yellow marrow